RedComet · HackerLangs

vor 4 Tagendiscuss

The squeaking [spare] wheel got the grease.

vor 9 Tagendiscuss

It is painfully obvious that the "age assurance" push is to limit anti-zionist propaganda.

I wonder who or what will abuse this infrustructure when they fail.

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vor 9 Tagendiscuss

"or the culture shifts to reinterpret the thing"

Yes. You see it already.

"Actually it is good that I can't run programs that haven't been approved by Google on my own device."

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vor 14 Tagendiscuss

Are any of those actually pauseless like he asked for?

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vor 19 Tagendiscuss

"99% of apps would request it & not function without it"

Apple could refuse to publish them, then. Isn't that why we are forced to go through the App Store? Because Apple ensures every app there works in the best interest of the user?

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vor 20 Tagendiscuss

Even that is overkill if all you're interested in is if a change occured.

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vor 20 Tagendiscuss

I think something like a per boot delta added to a (per app?) random base would preserve such functionality.

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vor 20 Tagendiscuss

Volume creation date is pretty egregious. I don't see any reason that and Pasteboard changeCount should be so granular.

The "Installed Apps Probe" leak also surprised me. It is better than the current state of Android, though.

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vor 2 Monatendiscuss

You didn't write it, though. And it is slop. If you had actually wrote it, you might learn from some of the criticism or be able to engage with it on an objective level.

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vor 2 Monatendiscuss

On the contrary, you're only defending it because it is AI. If it were some other feature that many didn't want or ask for, you would empathize.

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vor 3 Monatendiscuss

Wouldn't it be something if, given all the surveillance already in place, law enforcement punished the scammers instead of the innocent?

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vor 4 Monatendiscuss

The keyword is "intentional".

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vor 4 Monatendiscuss

Here's to hoping for a smaller phone with a fingerprint sensor on the back and a removable battery, as it's a given graphene will get the chipset right.

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vor 5 Monatendiscuss

If the owner of a device can't sign and install their own software, then your definition of PKI doesn't "work" at all.

The first party must be able to entirely decide that "some third party" for it to be anything more than an obfuscation of digital serfdom.

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vor 6 Monatendiscuss

Strange claiming you "called it', people were saying this far earlier than 8 days ago.

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vor 7 Monatendiscuss

"once you set the watch up"

This does require an iPhone though, right?

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vor 9 Monatendiscuss

The sideloading change doesn't protect against abusive household members, though. Simple lock screen hygiene and periodic reminders about invasive permissions (e.g. accessibility & location) would do more. And let us not even pretend that is the true motivation for the change. An incidental consequence that you find defensible is simply that.

RedComet

vor 9 Monatendiscuss

A straw man in your favor, maybe. Shall we compare the 100 least popular of each store?

Those are more likely to be outright malware on Play.

RedComet

vor 9 Monatendiscuss

Let's ignore all of the preinstalled programs, which are signed by Google and do a great deal of spying.

Do you think the 100 most popular F-Droid apps do more spying than the 100 most popular Play store apps?

RedComet

vor 9 Monatendiscuss

They are signed, though. Just not by Google.

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